Have you seen the new boat for America’s cup? It uses submerged airfoil (wayerfoils) to completely lift the boat out of the water and the hydrofoils provide stability below. A really amazing sailboat.
Yep, a super duper catamaran.........
A close high school friend worked with BMW Oracle Racing, multihull challenge for the America's Cup. He held the position of Manager of the Instrumentation, Analysis and Performance Optimization Department with his primary focus on their sails.......He had worked for Dennis Connor since about 1984....
The switch to catamarans in that campaign was his last employment with them. He resigned afterwards since the America's Cup yachts became to high tech and lost all semblance of the yachts that the Cup was originally created for.
Perhaps Mr. Ellison could squeeze a few more coins out of ORCL to develop a supercavitating hydrofoil?